Billy Joel is a very well known musician who is respected and acknowledged all around the world. I think he was an appropriate speaker for a college graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a movie from 1939 about a governor of an unnamed state has to pick a new Senator because Senator Sam Foley had passed away. The governor’s children want him to pick Jefferson Smith the head of the Boy Rangers‚ and by flipping a coin he chooses Jefferson as the new Senator. Smith comes up with bill that would allow the federal government loan to buy some land in his home state for a national boys camp‚ and to be paid back by youngsters across America. But the campsite
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The film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington covers the story of a man named Jefferson Smith‚ and through it portrays and depicts the ins and outs of government‚ particularly the Senate. After Senator Foley dies‚ Smith is temporarily put in his place. Throughout this movie‚ viewers are able to see just how manipulated Congress can be‚ as well as how valuable morals often win. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington accurately portrays the inner workings of political machines‚ the rules and procedures in the Senate
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PG A classic never goes out of style In the 1940s‚ Coca Cola was just a small brand of medicine‚ which then was exploded through brilliant marketing tactics. Literally‚ advertisement is one of these dramatic tactics‚ too. In 2009‚ Coca Cola posted a new propaganda‚ and in the bottom of this propaganda‚ it said‚ “A classic never goes out of styles”. Also‚ many classic celebrities‚ such as The Beatles and Marilyn Monroe‚ fill up the bottle exactly. In the center of the bottle shows Coca Cola in a
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Smith Goes to Washington. In summation‚ this movie shows an idealistic‚ unpolitical man who is appointed as a US Senator by a manipulative party. Smith proposes a bill to start a camp in his state; unfortunately‚ the development of the camp will interfere with
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language to convey the idea. In the poem ‘Rising Five’ by Norman Nicholson‚ the main idea is about a boy who want to rush through his childhood “like a boy throwing away his toffee wrappers”. We can link this poem to another poem‚ ‘On Turning Ten’ by Billy Collins‚ which describes a boy who doesn’t want to move on in life. Through Collin’s writing‚ the boy is shown as being also scared about growing up and facing life’s challenges. Both poets use a variety of language features such as similes‚ metaphors
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gone under. In a way it is a good thing that these companies were able to be purchased by foreign owners because they are still around today. 3) Advantages: In the case in the text an advantage for what happened to Sleeman‚ Molson and Labatt goes to Moosehead. Who finds itself on top of the list of Canadian Brewers. If Canada is open to foreign investment it will allow more of it to come into Canada. This brings in goods and materials we need that cannot be produced or gathered in our country
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Consolidated Engineering Co. Goes to China: Case Consolidated Engineering Co. Goes to China1 Travis Maples and Penelope B. Prime (Published in Readings and Cases in International Management: A Cross-Cultural Perspective‚ by David C. Thomas: Sage‚ 2003) “Do I have to satisfy every set of eyes in China?” After more than a year since the contract had been signed‚ this was how Vice President of Operations and Project Manager‚ Travis Maples‚ felt about the deal that maybe wasn’t. He had worked
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In the year 2004‚ elections were being held for a new United States President. The candidates were republican‚ George W. Bush‚ and democrat‚ John Kerry. The film “So Goes the Nation” portrays the strategies each political party did in order to win the election. Both political parties had very different strategies‚ but Bush did an unfair campaign compared to what Kerry did in his. Both political parties held conventions where they will talk to their voters and also have other people represent them
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What are the key theological issues which divide those who would argue for the ordination of women as Bishops‚ from those who argue against it? The eschatological imperative (Reason) Many advocates of women bishops speak of the living God who reveals his ways to his people through the power of his spirit. If opponents believe that the Bible prohibits women bishops‚ advocates might argue that ’growth and development are possible...in ethical requirements beyond the explicit letter of the scriptural
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